Tuesday, October 11, 2011

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to observe Single Pitch Instructor Candidates work with three kids. The kids were ages seven, nine and twelve, and were extremely excited about climbing.

Following is a photo essay of our day out:

Ethan, working on his belay techniques.

Ethan, helping his little sister Ella, tie-in.

Ella, ready to make it happen!

Ella, cranking on low-fifth terrain.

Ella, on her way down.

Ethan, belaying his sister.

Single Pitch Instructor, Ryan, working with Ethan.

Ryan, working with Ethan on rappel.

Ethan, rapping.

Rebbeca, on rappel!

Twelve-year old Rebecca, cranking on 5.10c.

This was a very cool experience for the SPI Candidates to have. Many people who work in the single pitch discipline work with kids a great deal, so it was a grand experience for them to work with these awesome kids.

4 comments:

Just the chest harness. Generally, anybody without defined hips should be wearing a chest harness. There are two groups that fall into that category. The first is small children and the second are people who are significantly overweight...

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